Transportation

A report to restructure the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) has been delivered to Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle.

United Airlines is cutting its direct link between Thunder Bay and Chicago, effective April 24.

An American passenger rail advocacy group is weighing on Canadian National Railway’s (CN) decision to cut passenger service between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst by April. Ross Capon, president of the Washington, D.C.

Sault Ste. Marie is dusting off an old game plan to save another railroad.

LH North Ltd. has been awarded a $3.2-million contract to replace the Swamp River Bridge on Highway 11, west of Shebandowan Road junction. Work begins this spring. The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines said this will create 32 jobs.

The rural municipality of Greenstone is building a regional skills training centre to prepare a future labour force for the Ring of Fire mineral deposits. Queen’s Park and Ottawa are each investing $1.

Harvey Friesen, a business icon for Northern Ontario, and the former president of Bearskin Airlines, died Sunday in Palm Springs, California. He was 65 years old.

A Northern Ontario MP is questioning Canadian National Railway’s (CN) decision and timing to cancel passenger service in northeastern Ontario this spring. North America`s largest rail carrier quietly notified the mayors of Hearst and Sault Ste.

Sault Ste. Marie MP Bryan Hayes is calling on Canadian National Railway (CN) to reverse or delay its decision to cancel passenger service between the Sault and Hearst .

Canadian National Railway (CN) is cutting passenger service between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. The rail carrier blames Ottawa for cutting a subsidy needed to keep the service operating. The service will no longer operate after March 30.